San Francisco 49ers News and Rumors

Buccaneers in the hunt for secondary help

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in search of help to upgrade a pass defense that ranked dead last in the league last season. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, the Buccaneers are pursuing several options to bolster their secondary. In addition to thei…

Kicker Mike Cofer won a pair of Super Bowls with the 49ers in the late 1980s. Burglars recently pilfered both of them. According to the Associated Press, someone broke into Cofer’s home on Thursday, while he was attending his son’s high school baseb

It was already expected that San Francisco 49ers safety Dashon Goldson would be one of the hottest commodities on the market when free agency begins on Tuesday. In fact, Goldson is already being pursued by multiple teams on the eve of free agency. Accor…

49ers' wish list starts with secondary

49ers' wish list starts with secondary At 6-foot-3 and 218 pounds, Smith, 25, is a young and big-bodied defensive back who has started 56 games in his four-year career. Atlanta's Matt Ryan and Baltimore's Joe Flacco had six touchdowns passes and one int…

49ers land Ravens' Boldin for draft pick San Francisco traded one of its two sixth-round picks to the Ravens for Boldin, 32, who had six catches for 104 yards and a touchdown in Baltimore's 34-31 win over San Francisco in Super Bowl XLVII five weeks ago…

McKinnie declares no discounts for the Ravens

Just because they just won a Super Bowl doesn’t make it any less of a business for the Ravens. On the same day they pawned off one playoff hero (with the trade of wide receiver Anquan Boldin to the 49ers), another said he was ready to get paid. Left tac

2009-12 WRs by Yards After Catch I was putting together this item several hours ago when the Arizona Cardinals released Beanie Wells and the San Francisco 49ers acquired Anquan Boldin. Life in the NFC West fast lane has seldom felt so frenetic. The char…

Receiver Anquan Boldin may not be the only Ravens player who joins the 49ers. A league source with extensive knowledge of the current safety market believes that the 49ers could land Ravens safety Ed Reed. As Albert Breer of NFL Network first reported o…

Cullen Jenkins' contract agreement with the New York Giants removes from the free-agent pool a player the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks considered signing. Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPNNewYork.com says the Giants signed Jenkins to improve their run …

For a franchise that has rapidly become known for its fearless, unconventional thinking on personnel matters, Seattle's trade for disgruntled Vikings receiver-return man Percy Harvin on Monday is another bold step. And one that again reinforces the perc…

Minnesota Vikings to trade Percy Harvin to Seattle Seahawks -- source

Mar 11

The Minnesota Vikings have agreed to trade wide receiver Percy Harvin to the Seattle Seahawks, a source confirmed to ESPN.com's John Clayton.

Peter King: Some things to expect as free agency gets set to open

Mar 11

All's quiet on the free-agency front, one day from the opening of the market, Tuesday at 4 p.m. Some of the front office guys I speak to regularly were on lockdown over the weekend, not allowed to spill anything for risk of alienating a player or agent,…